Conference Proceedings
A semiconductor device for surface-plasmon generation
A Bousseksou, A Babuty, JP Tetienne, I Moldovan-Doyen, G Beaudoin, C Sirtori, I Sagnes, Y De Wilde, R Colombelli
Optics Infobase Conference Papers | IEEE | Published : 2010
Abstract
We demonstrate a compact semiconductor laser device for generation and launching of surface plasmon into a passive waveguide at room temperature. Surface-plasmons are generated electrically at a single frequency using a distributed-feedback quantum cascade laser in the mid-infrared wavelengths, they are then launched in a passive metal strip and detected using an aperture-less near field scanning optical microscope. © 2010 Optical Society Of America.